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Modern American lives : individuals and issues in American history since 1945 / / Blaine T. Browne, Robert C. Cottrell



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Autore: Browne Blaine T (Blaine Terry) Visualizza persona
Titolo: Modern American lives : individuals and issues in American history since 1945 / / Blaine T. Browne, Robert C. Cottrell Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
Disciplina: 973.90922
973.91
Soggetto topico: Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century
Popular culture - United States - History - 21st century
Soggetto geografico: United States History 1945- Biography
United States Social conditions 1945-
United States Politics and government 1945-1989
United States Politics and government 1989-
Altri autori: CottrellRobert C. <1950->  
Note generali: First published 2008 by M.E. Sharpe.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-366).
Nota di contenuto: MODERN AMERICAN LIVES; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I The Years of Consensus,1945-1960; 1 Defining the Cold War; 2 Fighting the Cold War at Home; 3 The Transformation of Popular Culture; 4 Outsiders in a Conformist Society; 5 Defending Democracy in theNuclear Age; Part II. From Confidence to Crisis,1960-1980; 6 Civil Rights and Social Justice; 7 Challenges to the Liberal Consensus; 8 1968: The Hope and the Fear; 9 Implosions: Collapse of the Counterculture and the New Left; 10 The Women's Movement: Revolution and Reaction; Part III. The Search for New Directions,1980-Present
11 The Roaring Eighties: Piety and Profit12 After the Revolution: New Horizons for Black Americans; 13 America and the New World Order; About the Authors
Sommario/riassunto: This book seeks not only to acquaint students with the lives of a variety of influential Americans during the decades following World War II, but also to provide a comprehensive examination, through those lives, of the critical issues that determined the course of modern American history.
Titolo autorizzato: Modern American lives  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-317-46465-6
1-315-70237-1
1-317-46466-4
1-78268-156-6
1-282-11962-1
9786612119620
0-7656-2455-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808597603321
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